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Patented Tractor Attachment

My All-Time Favorite M&A Deal – The One That Didn’t Sell

⏱ Reading Time: 4 minutesIn my 30 years of selling manufacturing companies, I think this is the transaction that I’m most proud of.

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Screw Machine Products for No-Fail Industries

⏱ Reading Time: 2 minutesLearn about the significance of screw machine manufacturers in the USA. Discover their impact on job creation and the economy.

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Top 7 Manufacturing Sectors

Top 7 Manufacturing Sectors Sought for Acquisition in Q4 of 2024 and into 2025

⏱ Reading Time: 3 minutesDiscover the manufacturing sectors attracting buyers for acquisitions. Find out why Aerospace & Defense is a popular sector in M&A activity.

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military and commercial aircraft, Smart Buyer

How a Smart Buyer Won the Acquisition Against the Competition

⏱ Reading Time: 3 minutesDiscover how a smart buyer won an aerospace acquisition against tough competition. Learn valuable insights and strategies in this blog post.

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Choosing the right candidate

Ideal Candidates for the Accelerated Manufacturing Brokers’ Program

⏱ Reading Time: 2 minutesFind out who is the perfect fit for the Accelerated Manufacturing Brokers’ Program. We work with manufacturers seeking growth and prioritizing quality.

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Reps or Distributors

Are Manufacturer’s Reps or Distributors Killing Your Manufacturing Business?

⏱ Reading Time: 3 minutesFind out if Manufacturer’s Reps or Distributors are harming your business.

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5 Manufacturing Companies You Can Acquire in 2024

5 Manufacturing Companies You Can Acquire in 2024

⏱ Reading Time: 3 minutesLooking to acquire manufacturing companies? Explore 5 promising options in aerospace, automotive, cosmetic, and more.

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fabrication company

Expand Your Fabrication Company Into New Sectors!

⏱ Reading Time: 2 minutesExpand your fabrication company into new sectors with our exclusive listing of a specialized manufacturing company for the railroad industry.

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Blind Side

Does Your Manufacturing Business Have a Blind Side?

⏱ Reading Time: 2 minutesFind out if your manufacturing business has a blind side. Understand the importance of identifying and addressing potential vulnerabilities.

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Avoid Manufacturing Raiders, Robbers, and Reprobates

How to Avoid Manufacturing Raiders, Robbers, and Reprobates

⏱ Reading Time: 2 minutesAvoid becoming a victim of manufacturing raiders. Learn from a real-life story and gain valuable insights to protect your manufacturing business.

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Acquisition Opportunity – Manufacturer of Injection Molds & Production Injection Molding

⏱ Reading Time: < 1 minuteExplore this well-established manufacturer of injection molds with strong customer relationships and patents

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Manufacturer of Hand Tools & Equipment for Railroad Industry

Railway-Related Manufacturing Acquisition Opportunity

⏱ Reading Time: < 1 minuteLearn about a respected manufacturing company that designs and manufactures safety-related hand tools for the railway industry.

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Articles

Growing a manufacturing company
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Growing Your Manufacturing Company – When To Exchange Equity For Growth

⏱ Reading Time: 2 minutesGrowing a manufacturing company can be tough. There are often times roadblocks to growth. Even companies with great proprietary products sometimes hit a ceiling on what they’re able to accomplish. These challenges can be the result of a variety of factors including:

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7 acquisitions
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7 Manufacturing Acquisitions to Put Capital to Work in 2023

⏱ Reading Time: 3 minutesBain & Company reported that the amount of committed but unallocated capital held by private equity firms now stands at $3.7 trillion.

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Fabrication
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Acquisition Opportunity – Fabrication Company

⏱ Reading Time: < 1 minute45+-year-old New England-based Precision Sheet Metal Fabrication Company specializing in tight tolerance, cosmetically critical work.

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Smoked Meats
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Acquisition Opportunity – Who doesn’t love Bacon?

⏱ Reading Time: 2 minutesManufacturer of smoked meat products decreased its product offerings, removing products that produced much waste & increased profitability.

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Alternative Protein
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Acquisition Opportunity – For Meat Lovers & Vegans

⏱ Reading Time: 2 minutesThis is an opportunity to acquire a company with a grand history in an industry that is still in its infancy but one that is truly disruptive in nature with no place to go but up.

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Injection Mold
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Acquisition Opportunity – Plastic Injection Molding Sector

⏱ Reading Time: < 1 minuteWould you like customers like Boeing, Tesla, John Deere, and Starlink?  What if, in adding these fantastic customers, you could also add $7MM in annual revenue AND gain quality workers?

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knife market
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North American Knife Market – Industry Stats

⏱ Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn this article, we’ll look at market statistics and benchmarks. In 2022 the North American market is estimated at $1.05BB.

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Financial Analysis
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Industrial Mold Manufacturing – Industry Stats

⏱ Reading Time: 2 minutesWhat is the Size of the U.S. Mold Manufacturing Industry? The U.S. Industrial Mold Manufacturing is a $6.4B industry. Click for more.

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Retirement Dollars
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Selling a Manufacturing Business – An Option That Could Double Your Retirement Dollars

⏱ Reading Time: 4 minutesThere’s an option available to sell a mfg. business that could double your net retirement dollars, likely an option you didn’t know you had.

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wanted for acquisition
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Defense-Related Manufacturing Companies Sought For Acquisition

⏱ Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe company seeking acquisition has been in business for over 80 years and is defense focused. Retirement might be closer than you thought.

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Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI)
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Manufacturing and the DEI movement

⏱ Reading Time: 2 minutesIt’s all the rage, the push for corporate Diversity, Equity & Inclusion. Perhaps some logical questions should be posed and pros and cons examined.

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Article

10 Tips for Selling Your Manufacturing Company for Maximum Value

⏱ Reading Time: 8 minutesWe’ll show you in easy-to-understand steps how to obtain the Maximum Price while Selling Your Manufacturing Company for Maximum Value in 2023.

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Guides

Guide

Are Manufacturer’s Reps or Distributors Killing Your Manufacturing Business?

⏱ Reading Time: 3 minutesFind out if Manufacturer’s Reps or Distributors are harming your business.

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Guide

Lower Middle Market M&A: Key Terms and Definitions

⏱ Reading Time: 3 minutesUnderstand M&A terms and definitions in the lower middle market. This guide provides clear explanations of essential terms for successful transactions.

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Guide

Lower Middle Market M&A: Common Terms in Asset Purchase Agreements

⏱ Reading Time: 3 minutesEverything you need to know about Asset Purchase Agreements (APA) and the key terms you should understand when selling or buying a business.

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Guide

Working Capital in Mergers and Acquisitions for the Manufacturing Sector

⏱ Reading Time: 4 minutesLearn why working capital is crucial in manufacturing M&A and how its shortage can negatively affect a company’s worth and operations.

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Guide

How do you Value Companies with Industry Disruptive Technologies

⏱ Reading Time: 2 minutesIf a new technology or process forever changes the way gas turbines are made (industry disruptive), should it be looked at differently?

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Guide

Business valuation: what’s my manufacturing company worth?

⏱ Reading Time: 8 minutesBusiness Valuation – What’s My Manufacturing Company Worth – 15 Factors That Affect Business Valuation That Every Business Owner Should Know.

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WAM Podcast

Podcast

Ellen Pietrowitz-Phillips Is A Force In Business And An Advocate For Women In Manufacturing

Today, on the Women and Manufacturing Podcast, Ellen shares with Fran her experiences, good and bad, as a woman in manufacturing and the wisdom she’s gained along the way, including the importance of all women sharing what they’ve learned, collaborating and cooperating with other women in the interest of overcoming any barrier to success.

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Podcast

Digital Marketing for Small Manufacturers with Whitney Koch

On this episode of the WAM Podcast, Fran welcomes Whitney Koch, Marketing Communications Specialist with Welker Inc., in Sugarland, Texas. Whitney shares with us how she transitioned from a high school teacher to writing technical copy and finally managing the digital marketing efforts for a 3rd generation manufacturing company. Whitney explains how small to medium-sized companies can handle their digital marketing in-house, including the various platforms she uses to get the job done.

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Podcast

Alternative Proteins And The Food Revolution With Elysabeth Alfano

On today’s episode, Fran and Elysabeth discuss the need for change in the global food supply system to address global population growth. Elysabeth explains in detail how we use our resources to create food is inefficient. 77% of our agricultural land is used for animals to graze and to grow crops to feed those animals. This 77% returns only 18% of our calories. On top of that, 42% of our clean water supply is used to grow crops for and as drinking water for those same animals. As we move forward with a rapidly growing population, these inefficiencies are not sustainable.

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Podcast

Bridging Manufacturing and Marketing Disconnect with Emily Wilkins

How do you bridge the disconnect between manufacturing companies and their potential marketing success? Emily Wilkins, Founder and CEO of Marketing Metal, explains why her company is successful, while other marketing agencies struggle to meet manufacturing companies in the middle. From hesitancy when handing over marketing to inexperience in laying out goals and misunderstanding why marketing is needed at all, the reasons for disconnect are seemingly endless.

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Podcast

Guidewheel Is Helping Manufacturers Reach Sustainable Peak Performance

Today, on the Woman and Manufacturing Podcast, Fran Brunelle talks with Lauren Dunford, CEO of Guidewheel, a global software company. This company is on a mission to empower all the world’s factories to reach sustainable peak performance, and Lauren is on a mission to show everyone how Guidewheel is making this a reality. Lauren shares with Fran how even the oldest manufacturing equipment can take advantage of Guidewheel’s technology to achieve peak performance.

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Podcast

Supporting Young Black Women in STEM with Kara Branch

Kara Branch is an engineer who has always been the only Black woman on all the teams she’s ever worked on and has experienced many challenges as a result. When one of her daughters decided she also wanted to pursue a career in engineering, Kara decided she wanted better for the next generation and so she founded the Black Girls Do Engineer Corporation. Today she joins us to tell us more about the fantastic work she is doing. Tuning in you’ll discover how the Black Girls Do Engineer Corporation is developing young women in all areas of STEM. To hear all about Kara Branch, the fantastic organization she started, how it is transforming lives, and how you can help, tune in today!

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